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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

I have gone on to the clear light. Rejoice that I am free and celebrate this glorious transition. I am at peace.

Speaking of peace, our beloved Peace Pilgrim said prayer is a concentration of positive thoughts. Now is the time to wish me well on this journey. Please light a candle (don't blow it out) and offer your prayers that my spiritual aspirations are realized: That I'm helping all beings, in all worlds, in all ways.

May you be well. May all beings benefit. And may the precious bodhichitta flourish. Thanks and XO.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Actually the real name of this deliciously rich and highly nutritious concoction is "Take Back Your Power Smoothie." It's named after Josh del Sol Beaulieu's award-winning documentary: Take Back Your Power 2017 (FREE on YouTube).

There's a movement happening and I invite you to join. It's a movement towards freedom, choice, health, and safety. Watch the movie and you'll see what I mean.

We cannot continue to pretend life is how it's always been. Wireless technology, the Internet, Google and "smart" everything have changed the world. And not for the better. In addition to bathing you in harmful microwave radiation, modern devices link you, your family, and your personal information to a Super Grid. Government authorities, big business, marketing agencies and even terrorists watch you, your habits, and your preferences.

This may sound like space-age woo woo or paranoid conspiracy theory, but I assure you it's not. It's real. It is now. And if 5G is implemented, it will only be worse.

Take the time to educate and empower yourself. Protect your privacy, health, and the people you love. The choice is up to you. But it's hard to make a choice if you don't have all the info.

Watch the video and make the smoothie. Then you can choose. Super Good, not Super Grid! Yum.

Sunday, August 26, 2018

CTRL + ALT + DEL. Wasn't that great? Do they still have that? Well, even if they don't, I make it for lunch every day. It's my reset salad.

Perhaps I should explain - especially for you young folk.

Back in the day, when PCs were still quite new, they used to just up and freeze suddenly. Punch a key. Nothing. Hit the Return button 100 times. Nothing. Give it a good whack. Still nothing. But then, oh yes, you remember the secret handshake Reset combo: all at once - that's very important - in complete unison, press the Control + ALT + Delete buttons. (What in the world is "Alt"? Somebody google that!)

Voila and Hooray! You're back in business. Your Pong game restored. Oops, I mean your final paper for PoliSci 101 which you type in the college computer lab and save on one of those hard "floppy" discs. Or print on the lab's communal printer which takes about two hours because there's a looooong line of students waiting and the printer gets jammed every other minute and the paper gets funky because it's all hooked together in perforated sheets with little holes in the sides which have to line up with prongs on the printer. Remember all that? How barbaric.

I digress. What I really want to say is: please make this Reset Salad. It's nutritious and delicious. It's thirst quenching and nourishing. It's fresh and summery. Just like CTRL + ALT + DEL, it will make you happy. Head to your local Farmers Market, grab the ingredients, and delight yourself with a big reset.

Better yet, make a fun salad buffet in glass jars, pack them up in a big box, gather your best friends at a park and enjoy a Reset Picnic. Turn off your phones. Turn off your tablets. Just enjoy the moment and a super yummy treat.

Reset Salad* vary the amounts depending on eaters!* all organic or biodynamic ingredients

Friday, July 27, 2018

Don’t have to live like a refugee. Who said that? Some rock
star. I’d Google it but Google and I broke up in 2015. It was an
electromagnetic misunderstanding. And now look, three years later I’m up in the
hills camping out as an EMF refugee. Turns out the rock star was wrong; I do
have to live like a refugee. And I’m not alone. Worldwide millions of us have
nowhere to go.

You don’t know us. You won’t see us. We can’t go where you
go or do what you do. The world is not safe for us anymore.

We have what’s called ElectroHypersensitivity (EHS). It’s an
environmental illness. It means the environment is making us sick. Or rather,
the environment is sick and we’re just picking up on it. Poison magnets. But
hey, no problem, right? Just get away from the environment. Now let me see,
where is that exactly? Maybe Uranus. Jokes aside, what in the world is society
going to do about us?

Oh, and EHS often comes with its trusty sidekick: Multiple
Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). That’s right. Two environmental illnesses for the
price of one. Yay.

Simply put: chronic illness sucks. But I’ve come to believe
that I got EHS so I can help raise awareness and inspire positive change. Manmade
electromagnetic fields (EMFs) at current levels are not safe. They’ve not been
properly tested. We are the guinea pigs. And guess what? The lab rats are sick.

Like the little boy, I am shouting, “The Emperor is naked!”
Like Dorothy, I am pulling back the curtain on the Wizard. We have been duped
by the FCC and the Telecom industry. And like the canary in the coal mine, I
might die for this cause.

I wish someone had told me what I’m telling you. I was
tragically unaware of the hazards of living with 16 smart meters on my condo wall,
of keeping my wifi router under my couch, of using my cell phone
inappropriately, and more. Now I am very, very sick. I will rejoice if my pain
and suffering help shed light on this topic and bring benefit to others.

We are at a critical juncture with technology and harmful
EMFs. YOU, the consumer, hold the power of where things will go. Protect your
most valuable asset: HEALTH and stop EMFs from becoming the next asbestos,
lead, DDT, tobacco fiasco. Why keep repeating the same mistakes? Red flags are already
flying. The warning signs say take precaution NOW.

Guess who’s reading those signs? Guess who’s got your back?
It’s not AT&T, Verizon, Apple, or Samsung. They’re eager to roll out the deadly
5G network. And it’s certainly not Facebook or Google. They’re researching how
to blast the whole planet with wifi.

I’ve got your back. I love you. And I know you love your
family, your kids, and their future kids.

And BTW, everything bad about EMFs holds exponentially more
true for children, sick people, the elderly, and anyone with a health challenge.

Pointing the finger at EMFs is not a Henny Penny the sky is falling kind of
thing. We all need to make a paradigm shift. Find out the truth and make
informed decisions. I sure wish I had. Now you can do better. Remember what
your mom said – safety first.

Here is your 21st Century Safety Toolkit. Get
this informative, funny, and easy-to-read book. Follow the simple protocols to
protect yourself from EMF pollution. This book will change your life for the
better! It’s the only tool you need.

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Hi, I'm Sarah.As you may know, Tupten has been suffering from some extreme health issues for the last three years that have led to her inability to keep up with this blog (more on that soon).Tupten has asked me to help her update this blog moving forward, so that she may be able to connect with you all and keep you posted about her life right now. I've known Tupten since 2007, when we made a lifelong connection. I'm happy to be able to support her getting her voice heard in any way I can. I'm looking forward to being able to facilitate communication between Tupten and our increasingly technological world.Stay tuned for more soon!

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Well heavens to Betsy somehow three months just zoomed along. I have a wonderful reason for my absence. Well two actually. One is that I have been very busy devising the final plan for my whole life and one that is completely doable. Just in case you want to borrow my plan and make it your own, I am going to share it with the World Wide Web. Here it is...you might want to go get a post-it note and sharpie. I have mine stuck to my bedside table. After all, you don't want to forget your life plan, do you? Okay, here it is:

LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT WITH ALTRUISTIC THOUGHTS AND DEEDS

There's not really much to say about that. Can't really talk about the present moment. Although I will give you a clue as to where you can find it: your body and breath. Yep, always in the now, now, now.

Which kind of brings me to the second explanation for my absenteeism, which is I am totally focused on writing a silent musical called "Humanimal! The Musical" starring Wide Bertha and her ensemble of cellular organelles.

Humanimal! The Musical is bound to be the sleeper hit of the season. It is roughly Blue Men meets Cirque du Soleil meets The Muppets. Some might call it a tour de force feast for the senses, except that it is silent and the lights in the theater are quite dim. I'm sort of going for the audience niche of introverts with brain injuries, PTSD, and various mobility problems. The building is completely handicapped accessible. And not the fake kind of accessible but for real. All the parking spots are great and there are no steps. The doors open automatically and the seats are comfy lounge chairs. All showings are during normal day time hours.

At this point, you are probably asking yourself, "Why Humanimal and who is Wide Bertha and what in the world is an ensemble of cellular organelles?" Good questions.

Humanimal! celebrates the mammal in all of us. It is an inspiration to look deep within and connect with your inner supple leopard, fuzzy bear, playful puppy. It is a call for an uprising against thinking, thinking, thinking. Humanimal! allows you to feel your feelings and explore your senses and delight in being.

Like the present moment, it is challenging to talk about Wide Bertha because she defies all conceptual thought. She is a woman, a myth, an archetype, a legend. She is a Mayan mama, a Polynesian Princess. I have given you a visual in the Gauguin painting above. Her skin is brown and warm and smells of kukui cacao. You may never have met her but subconsciously you long for her. She radiates unconditional love and is the remedy for this speedy, greedy world.

Feeling judgmental and critical? Give it Wide Bertha. Feeling impatient and frustrated? Give it Wide Bertha. Feeling lost and confused? Wide Bertha again. Whatever arises, give it Wide Bertha. You can imagine her on the end of a magical wand which you use to bless yourself and others whenever a little Wide Bertha is needed. Boop! Wide Bertha to the rescue. She is wise beyond belief and never, ever separated from the present moment humanimal of her heart.

As for the ensemble of cellular organelles, perhaps I shall quote the philosopher Jack Handy here, "If you ever discover that what you're seeing is a play within a play, just slow down, take a deep breath, and hold on for the ride of your life." This is where the silent musical gets pretty lively. A celebration of being human is never complete without a nod to the very structures that make life possible. That's right, the cellular organelles. I have hired Vera Wong to design the costumes. Imagine colorful mitochondria, the golgi apparatus and lysosomes, among others, dancing and frolicking on the stage in a metaphorical play within a play of what is happening right now, now, now inside your body. Wow. Nuff said.

Anyhoo, you can see that my days are filled to the brim with being in the present moment and writing the play and various rehab events. Not to mention trying in very small ways to be in service to the dharma and humanity. Phew.

As for a recipe for this blog post? Check back soon. I am concocting the perfect treat for intermission snack time. And hey, I'll see you at the gala opening of Humanimal! You guessed it, on El Hierro. Tickets coming soon. All my love, Tupten Sundru

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

What's your slogan for 2015? Mine is Sanity for Humanity. I love a good slogan and keep a small revolving plethora of sticky notes around the house reminding me of them. They serve the much needed purpose of turning the mind towards what is important. The mascot for my slogan has yet to reveal itself. Is it a butterfly, a rainbow, a lioness, a monkey? Only time will tell.

Actually, perhaps the best mascot for Sanity for Humanity is the human heart. The helical human heart, which by the way is not a pump but a dam. Dam the heart. Yes, this perfect and powerful dam of the human heart shall be the mascot to champion sanity throughout the expanding, multicentric universe.

To accompany the mascot, I shall add a mudra. A mudra is a gesture that serves to influence the body, mind and emotions. The sanity mudra is to place your hand over your heart tenderly and feel its beat at least ten times a day. And the anthem that you sing to yourself while performing the mudra is the mantra of silence.

Altogether this is the yoga of sanity and I call it THE BIG HEART PAUSE. Try it now won't you?

Stop what your doing. Put a hand over your heart. Breathe into your deep belly and exhale saying Ahhhh. Sing the mantra of silence. And oh yes, the smile. The smile is the secret handshake of those who are in the know of the slogan of sanity. Pause, breathe, smile, feel your heart.

And why not dedicate ourselves to THE BIG HEART PAUSE? Let's try it for a year and see what happens. It is free, infinite, requires no special training, and supports inner peace, which after all is world peace, is it not?

Raise your hand if like world peace. Raise your other hand if you spend part of each day cultivating inner peace to the best of your ability. If both your hands are now in the air, give yourself a high five.

Perhaps sanity will catch on. We will see each other at stop lights practicing THE BIG HEART PAUSE. We will smile at each other knowingly when stuck in a long line at the store. We will touch our hearts and sing silently. We will look for ways to help one another. And when world peace dawns, we will know our work is done. High five for that!

Recently I had the great good fortune to do a private in-home semi-retreat for almost one month! I emerged from the experience with an overwhelming sense of what it means to lead a sane life. And how to do it. It mainly involves slowing down and being present. As it turns out, life is enough. When we pay attention to each moment, life becomes the ultimate staycation. We don't need so much entertainment and distraction. Sanity blossoms from just being and doing life's simple chores which easily fill up a day. Eat, sleep, meditate, exercise.

Because of my injuries, I cannot be in total seclusion as these muscles and bones need the therapy pool and the AlterG and the various other modalities that keep me running at a somewhat mediocre level. So I devised the semi-retreat which turned out to be a wonderful opportunity to oscillate between being inward and outward and keeping practice mind all day long, to let the bodymindfulness of intense home practice weave its way into worldly activities. I highly recommend it!

To unplug from the phone, the computer, the logistical maze of trying to meet friends, creates a healing space for presence, compassion, humor, and joy. Life slows down to a reasonable speed, the brain rests, the body relaxes, and the heart opens, effortlessly. How lovely to connect with the present moment more often. When the mind and body are in the same place doing the same thing this is ambrosia for the consciousness.
I like to add recipes to my posts so here is the recipe for Sanity Ambrosia:
1. Be nobody.2. Go nowhere.3. Accomplish nothing.

For those of you wanting to devise a little semi-retreat of your own, get out your Sharpies and your Post-Its. These are the slogans currently adorning my walls and cupboards:

Let the soft animal of your body loves what it loves. This is a quote from a Mary Oliver poem. We are mammals. It is so easy to forget. We are not machines hooked to a brain computer center. Embrace your inner mammal, it is the source of bonding and nurturing and playfulness. Let the thinking brain rest and the feeling body feel.

Come back to the Basic I. The Basic I is simple and sweet. It is content and relaxed and confident. Because it needs little, it has so much to give.

Space is the nature of matter.Keep repeating that. But then stop and just experience it in the space between your own atoms. And if you need a little encouragement, read Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything." Solidity is an illusion, useful to be sure, but not to be taken too seriously.

Inward. Quiet. Content.If you're an extrovert, I don't know if this is useful. For us introverts, it is a permission slip to honor and delight in that part of our being as much as we like. I keep this one on my datebook.

Cultivate love no matter what.This is the real kicker in terms of slogans and is a quote from Anam Thubten.. Perhaps this is a good time to say that slogans are not whips that we use to beat ourselves into being more holy or spiritual. Slogans are cheerleaders on the path to enlightenment. They are reminders and aspirations. I have this slogan up near my bed and every day my intention is to do it more and more. And every day I inevitably fail at it a little bit or a lot, and then every day I reset my intention. Like that. Cultivate love no matter what.

I wish you a Happy New Year. It's always nice to have a fresh start. May the turning of the solar calendar bring you inner peace and sanity. If you feel inspired to explore the HeartMind Method as a means to that end, please click on the "Classes" tab. I look forward to hearing from you. Love, Tupten

PS...a friend took the lovely photo above. A recent sunset in Santa Barbara.